Museums

Whether you want a family day out or a quiet half hour alone, there are enough museums in England to provide something for everyone. Discover the history of South East England’s past, right from prehistory to the present day, in some of the most well stocked museums in England, right here in South East England.

Visit the West Sussex village of Fishbourne to see the remains of sumptuous Fishbourne Roman Palace, including a large collection of some of the oldest mosaics in held in any of the museums in England.

Or for a day out with a difference, you (and your children) can dress up and tell stories at one of the most popular museums in England for children, the award-winning Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre at Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire.

Car enthusiasts won’t want to miss the world-famous National Motor Museum at Beaulieu in Hampshire’s New Forest. See one of the largest car collections held by any of the museums in England with 250 cars of every age, including land speed record-breakers Golden Arrow and Bluebird. 

Other museums in England that are in the South East include the Ashmolean Museum and the River & Rowing Museum, both in Oxfordshire, Jane Austen’s House in Hampshire, Mercedes-Benz World in Surrey, Dinosaur Isle on the Isle of Wight as well as Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Hampshire and the Historic Dockyard Chatham, Kent.